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Is Tesco Eat Your Greens Feta Salad Pea & Chilli Crush ultra-processed?

240 g Lettuces Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 60 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed lettuces

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Giant Couscous (Giant Couscous (Wheat), Water, Rapeseed Oil), Wild Garlic Pesto Dressing 12% (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Wild Garlic, Basil, Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Spirit Vinegar, Lemon Juice, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic Purée, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Cornflour, Potato Starch, Black Pepper, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)), Couscous (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Peas, Cucumber, Red Quinoa (Water, Red Quinoa), Feta Cheese, Apple, Spinach, Apollo Lettuce, Cabbage, Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Water, Cider Vinegar, Sugar, Lemon Zest, Olive Oil, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Mint, Cornflour, Chilli, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Mustard Flour, Parsley, Chives, Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Wheat Flour, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Turmeric, including cereals containing gluten, STORAGE Keep refrigerated

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Cooked Giant Couscous [Giant Couscous (Wheat), Water, Rapeseed Oil], Wild Garlic Pesto Dressing (12%) [Water, Rapeseed Oil, Wild Garlic, Basil, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Spirit Vinegar, Lemon Juice, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic Purée, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Cornflour, Potato Starch, Black Pepper, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)], Cooked Couscous [Water, Durum Wheat Semolina], Peas, Cucumber, Cooked Red Quinoa [Water, Red Quinoa], Feta Cheese (Milk) (6%), Apple, Spinach, Apollo Lettuce, Cabbage, Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Water, Cider Vinegar, Sugar, Lemon Zest, Olive Oil, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Mint, Cornflour, Chilli Flakes, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Mustard Flour, Parsley, Chives, Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Wheat Flour, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Turmeric. Allergy Advice For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Suitable for vegetarians. STORAGE Keep refrigerated.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 lettuces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 41% of the lettuces here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 22 lettuces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697257186, last edited 6 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.